ABRSM

all tunes suitable for less experienced players, with pitch range, chords and technical level carefully considered

tunes in their most commonly played keys, with reliable melodies and chord changes

arrangements – by jazz arrangers – that include sections for improvised solos, with helpful guideline pitches

arrangements included on the syllabus have ‘minus-one’ backing-tracks, available on CD for purchase separately

written-out piano accompaniments and individual lead sheets are available

a resource for bands and individuals, this book comes in B flat, E flat, C Treble-Clef and C Bass-Clef editions

Pages: 216Grades: 4, 5Editions: ABRSM
 
Contents

SHEET MUSIC:
Blues Connotation [Ornette Coleman]
Straight, No Chaser [Theolonius Monk]
Blue Daniel [Frank Rosolino]
Lucky Rhumba [Stan Sulzmann]
Gaviota [Clare Fischer]
Fotografia [Antonio Carlos Jobim]
Samba de Orfeu [Luis Bonfa / Antonio Maria]
Gotta Dance [Jimmy Giuffre]
Such Sweet Thunder [Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn]
Blue Samba [Lee Konitz]
Papo Furado [Hermeto Pascoal]
Tenderly [Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence]
Icarus [Ralph Towner]
Laugh For Rory, A [Rahsaan Roland Kirk]
Child Is Born, A [Thad Jones / Alec Wilder]
Sandu [Clifford Brown]
My Man’s Gone Now [George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / Dubose Heyward / Dorothy Heyward]
Sing, Sing, Sing [Louis Prima]
Rockin’ in Rhythm [Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Harry Carney]
Caravan [Duke Ellington / Juan Tizol / Irving Mills]
Fungii Mama [Blue Mitchell]
Fraz and Em [Nikki Iles]
A Walk in the Park [Pete Hurt]
Dearly Beloved [Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer]
Perdido [Ervin Drake / Harry Lenk / Juan Tizol]
El Gaucho [Wayne Shorter]
Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo [Don Cherry]
Little Jazz [Roy Eldridge]
Charleston [James P. Johnson]
Sugar Loaf Mountain [George Duke / Carl Czerny]
Odessa [Arthur Blythe]
Seventy Four Miles Away [Joe Zawinul]
Walkin’ [Richard Carpenter]
Twitch, The [Duke Ellington]
Almost Like Being In Love [Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe]
Jive Samba [Nat Adderley]
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) [Duke Ellington / Irving Mills]
Phase Dance [Pat Metheny]
Sad, A Little Bit [Milcho Leviev]
Fourth Man, The [Jim Clarke]
Visions [Mark Bassey]
Blues March [Benny Golson]
Flood Warning [Mark Nightingale]
Mood Indigo [Duke Ellington / Barney Bigard / Irving Mills]
Diga Diga Doo [Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh]
Limehouse Blues [Philip Braham]
Saturday Night In The Cosmos [Frank Dean / Don Pullen]
Greens [Huw Warren]
To Dudu [Annie Whitehead]
At the Mambo Inn [Grace Sampson / Bobby Woodlen / Mario Bauza]
Bessie’s Blues [John Coltrane]
All Blues [Miles Davis]
Going Home [Mark Lockheart]
Beale Street Blues [William Christopher Handy]
There Is No Greater Love [Isham Jones / Marty Symes]
Heavy Plant Crossing [Pete Churchill]
Mandela [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Blues For Wood [Woody Shaw / Ronald Mathews]
Blue ‘n’ Boogie [Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli]
Hackensack [Theolonius Monk]
Homeboyz [Bheki Mseleku]
Samba Dancer, The [Shanti Paul Jayasinha]
For Jan [Kenny Wheeler / Norma Winstone]
Mr P.C. [John Coltrane]
Sidewinder, The [Lee Morgan]
Nostalgia In Times Square [Charles Mingus]
Corner Pocket [Freddie Green]
In A Mellow Tone [Duke Ellington]
Jive Hoot [Bob Brookmeyer]
Mountain, The [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Melody for Candy [Malcolm Earle Smith]
Window, The [Gunther Kuermayr]
Vignette [Gary Peacock]
Kelly Blue [Wynton Kelly]
Tenor Madness [Sonny Rollins]
Blue Room [Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart]
What Is This Thing Called Love? [Cole Porter]
At A Georgia Camp Meeting [Kerry Mills]
Gotcha (Theme from Starsky & Hutch) [Tom Scott]
Entering [Jan Garbarek]
Brazilian Beat [Barney Kessel]
Small World [Martin Speake]
Broken Wing [Richie Beirach]
Sugar [Stanley Turrentine]
Cantaloupe Island [Herbie Hancock]
Stars Fell on Alabama [Frank Perkins / Mitchell Parish]
Introduction To No Particular Song [Kenny Wheeler]
Broadway [Bill Bird / Teddy McRae / Henri Woode]
Wedding, The [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Winin’ Boy Blues [Jelly Roll Morton]
Night in Tunisia, A [Dizzy Gillespie]
My Ship [Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin]
Five Spot After Dark [Benny Golson]
Basin Street Blues [Spencer Williams]
Red Top [Lionel Hampton / Ken Kynard]
Keepin’ in The Groove [Bud Powell]
Tin Roof Blues [Walter Melrose]
Nutty [Theolonius Monk]
RECORDINGS:
Time Dis-Played [Andreas Panayi]

all tunes suitable for less experienced players, with pitch range, chords and technical level carefully considered

tunes in their most commonly played keys, with reliable melodies and chord changes

arrangements – by jazz arrangers – that include sections for improvised solos, with helpful guideline pitches

arrangements included on the syllabus have ‘minus-one’ backing-tracks, available on CD for purchase separately

written-out piano accompaniments and individual lead sheets are available

a resource for bands and individuals, this book comes in B flat, E flat, C Treble-Clef and C Bass-Clef editions

Pages: 216Grades: 4, 5Editions: ABRSM
 
Contents

SHEET MUSIC:
Blues Connotation [Ornette Coleman]
Straight, No Chaser [Theolonius Monk]
Blue Daniel [Frank Rosolino]
Lucky Rhumba [Stan Sulzmann]
Gaviota [Clare Fischer]
Fotografia [Antonio Carlos Jobim]
Samba de Orfeu [Luis Bonfa / Antonio Maria]
Gotta Dance [Jimmy Giuffre]
Such Sweet Thunder [Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn]
Blue Samba [Lee Konitz]
Papo Furado [Hermeto Pascoal]
Tenderly [Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence]
Icarus [Ralph Towner]
Laugh For Rory, A [Rahsaan Roland Kirk]
Child Is Born, A [Thad Jones / Alec Wilder]
Sandu [Clifford Brown]
My Man’s Gone Now [George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / Dubose Heyward / Dorothy Heyward]
Sing, Sing, Sing [Louis Prima]
Rockin’ in Rhythm [Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Harry Carney]
Caravan [Duke Ellington / Juan Tizol / Irving Mills]
Fungii Mama [Blue Mitchell]
Fraz and Em [Nikki Iles]
A Walk in the Park [Pete Hurt]
Dearly Beloved [Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer]
Perdido [Ervin Drake / Harry Lenk / Juan Tizol]
El Gaucho [Wayne Shorter]
Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo [Don Cherry]
Little Jazz [Roy Eldridge]
Charleston [James P. Johnson]
Sugar Loaf Mountain [George Duke / Carl Czerny]
Odessa [Arthur Blythe]
Seventy Four Miles Away [Joe Zawinul]
Walkin’ [Richard Carpenter]
Twitch, The [Duke Ellington]
Almost Like Being In Love [Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe]
Jive Samba [Nat Adderley]
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) [Duke Ellington / Irving Mills]
Phase Dance [Pat Metheny]
Sad, A Little Bit [Milcho Leviev]
Fourth Man, The [Jim Clarke]
Visions [Mark Bassey]
Blues March [Benny Golson]
Flood Warning [Mark Nightingale]
Mood Indigo [Duke Ellington / Barney Bigard / Irving Mills]
Diga Diga Doo [Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh]
Limehouse Blues [Philip Braham]
Saturday Night In The Cosmos [Frank Dean / Don Pullen]
Greens [Huw Warren]
To Dudu [Annie Whitehead]
At the Mambo Inn [Grace Sampson / Bobby Woodlen / Mario Bauza]
Bessie’s Blues [John Coltrane]
All Blues [Miles Davis]
Going Home [Mark Lockheart]
Beale Street Blues [William Christopher Handy]
There Is No Greater Love [Isham Jones / Marty Symes]
Heavy Plant Crossing [Pete Churchill]
Mandela [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Blues For Wood [Woody Shaw / Ronald Mathews]
Blue ‘n’ Boogie [Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli]
Hackensack [Theolonius Monk]
Homeboyz [Bheki Mseleku]
Samba Dancer, The [Shanti Paul Jayasinha]
For Jan [Kenny Wheeler / Norma Winstone]
Mr P.C. [John Coltrane]
Sidewinder, The [Lee Morgan]
Nostalgia In Times Square [Charles Mingus]
Corner Pocket [Freddie Green]
In A Mellow Tone [Duke Ellington]
Jive Hoot [Bob Brookmeyer]
Mountain, The [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Melody for Candy [Malcolm Earle Smith]
Window, The [Gunther Kuermayr]
Vignette [Gary Peacock]
Kelly Blue [Wynton Kelly]
Tenor Madness [Sonny Rollins]
Blue Room [Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart]
What Is This Thing Called Love? [Cole Porter]
At A Georgia Camp Meeting [Kerry Mills]
Gotcha (Theme from Starsky & Hutch) [Tom Scott]
Entering [Jan Garbarek]
Brazilian Beat [Barney Kessel]
Small World [Martin Speake]
Broken Wing [Richie Beirach]
Sugar [Stanley Turrentine]
Cantaloupe Island [Herbie Hancock]
Stars Fell on Alabama [Frank Perkins / Mitchell Parish]
Introduction To No Particular Song [Kenny Wheeler]
Broadway [Bill Bird / Teddy McRae / Henri Woode]
Wedding, The [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Winin’ Boy Blues [Jelly Roll Morton]
Night in Tunisia, A [Dizzy Gillespie]
My Ship [Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin]
Five Spot After Dark [Benny Golson]
Basin Street Blues [Spencer Williams]
Red Top [Lionel Hampton / Ken Kynard]
Keepin’ in The Groove [Bud Powell]
Tin Roof Blues [Walter Melrose]
Nutty [Theolonius Monk]
RECORDINGS:
Time Dis-Played [Andreas Panayi]

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square [Manning Sherwin]
An Sylvia [Franz Schubert]
Dove sei? [Handel]
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun [Ian Higginson]
From a Railway Carriage [Alec Rowley]
Hirschlein ging im Wald spazieren [Peter Cornelius]
I attempt from love’s sickness to fly [H. Purcell]
If doughty deeds [Sullivan]
It was a lover and his lass [Morley]
Jeg elsker Dig [Grieg]
Jsem jako lípa košatá [Dvorák]
Linden Lea [Vaughan Williams]
Love Walked In [George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin]
Mariä Wiegenlied [Max Reger]
My Ship [Kurt Weill]
Rejoice in the Lord [James Nares]
Rugiadose odorose [A. Scarlatti]
Simple Gifts [Trad.]
Tell me, lovely shepherd [William Boyce]
The Birds’ Lament [Richard Rodney Bennett]
Trade Winds [Frederick Keele]
Una palomita blanca [Rodrigo]
Vergebliches Ständchen [Brahms]
Where the bee sucks [Thomas Arne]
Where’er you walk [Handel]
Bengawan Solo [Trad.]
Cantilena del ‘Maggio’ [Trad.]
Canto de la trilla [Trad.]
Henry Martyn [Trad.]
Molihua [Trad.]
Noches de luna [Trad.]
Tatties an’ Herrin’ [Trad.]
The Banks of Newfoundland [Trad.]
The Blackbird of Avondale [Trad.]
The Sprig of Thyme [Trad.]
The Woods of Trugh [Trad.]
To be a Farmer’s Boy [Trad.]
Vieni, vieni o mio diletto [Vivaldi]

Pages: 32
Grade: 7
Difficulty: Medium Difficulty
Languages: English
Format: Book & CD

 
CONTENTS

SHEET MUSIC

Love Song: No. 1 from Two Folksongs [Wanghua Chu]
Forcing the Pace: No. 7 from _Rock Preludes 2_ [Christopher Norton]
Humoresque: No. 3 from _Humoresques_, Op. 126 [Jean Absil]
Allegro assai: second movement from Sonata in G, Op. 1 No. 2 [Muzio Clementi]
Presto: third movement from Sonata in F, Hob. XVI:23 [Joseph Haydn]
Sonata in B minor, Kp. 377 [Domenico Scarlatti]
Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth., KK IVa, No. 16 [Fryderyk Chopin]
Sommervise: No. 3 from _Fantasistykker_, Op. 45 [Agathe Backer Grøndahl]
Valse: No. 5 from _Valses nobles et sentimentales_ [Maurice Ravel]

RECORDINGS

Allegro assai: second movement from Sonata in G, Op. 1 No. 2 [Muzio Clementi]
Presto: third movement from Sonata in F, Hob. XVI:23 [Joseph Haydn]
Sonata in B minor, Kp. 377 [Domenico Scarlatti]
Fugue in C, BWV 953 (from _Klavierbüchlein for W. F. Bach_). J. S. Bach, _A Little Keyboard Book_ [Johann Sebastian Bach]
Presto: 3rd movt from Sonata No. 5 in F [Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch]
Giga. _Encore_, Book 4 or No. 6 from John Loeillet, _10 Keyboard Pieces_ [John Loeillet]
Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth., KK IVa, No. 16 [Fryderyk Chopin]
Love Song: No. 1 from Two Folksongs [Wanghua Chu]
Sommervise: No. 3 from _Fantasistykker_, Op. 45 [Agathe Backer Grøndahl]
Scottish Legend, Op. 54 No. 1. _At the Piano with Women Composers_ [Amy Beach]
Nocturne: No. 8 from Nocturnes [Francis Poulenc]
No. 1: from _Moments musicaux_, Op. 94, D. 780 [Franz Schubert]
Valse: No. 5 from _Valses nobles et sentimentales_ [Maurice Ravel]
Forcing the Pace: No. 7 from _Rock Preludes 2_ [Christopher Norton]
Humoresque: No. 3 from _Humoresques_, Op. 126 [Jean Absil]
Willie Wagglestick’s Walkabout: No. 4 from _Jazzy Piano 2_ or _Encore_, Book 4 [Brian Bonsor]
Bright: 2nd movt from _Suite for Piano_ or _20th Century American Composers_, Upper Intermediate Level [Norman Dello Joio]
Ray’s Blues. _The Firm_ (Piano Solo) [Dave Grusin]

A Cradle Song [Vaughan Williams]
A New Year Carol [Benjamin Britten]
A Smuggler’s Song [Christopher Le Fleming]
Blow, blow, thou winter wind [Thomas Arne]
Clock-a-clay [Richard Rodney Bennett]
Consider yourself [Lionel Bart]
Die Waise [Robert Schumann]
Down by the salley gardens (text by W.B. Yeats, set to the Air: The Maids of Mourne Shore) [Anon.]
Fy nghalon [Trad.]
I feel pretty [Leonard Bernstein]
Long ago and far away [Jerome Kern]
Long Time Ago [Anon.]
Love quickly is pall’d [H. Purcell]
Med en Primula veris [Grieg]
One Hand, One Heart [Leonard Bernstein]
Seligkeit [Franz Schubert]
She’s like the swallow [Trad.]
Shiny [Cecil Cope]
Silent Worship [Handel]
Since first I saw your face [Thomas Ford]
The Dormouse’s Carol [Elizabeth Poston]
The Woodcutter’s Song [Vaughan Williams]
When daisies pied [Thomas Arne]
A mi házunk eleje [Trad.]
Black is the colour [Trad.]
Bunclody [Trad.]
El galán incógnito [Trad.]
Greenland Whale Fishery [Trad.]
Mak Inang [Trad.]
Mengjiang nü [Trad.]
The Cage [Trad.]
The Donside Emigrant’s Farewell [Trad.]
The Wings of a Gull [Trad.]
Tudora [Trad.]
Y deryn pur [Trad.]
O cessate di piagarmi from Il Pompeo [A. Scarlatti]

Ah! how pleasant ’tis to love [H. Purcell]
Dalmatian Cradle Song [Anon.]
Die Bekehrte [Ignaz Brüll]
Ferry me across the water [Finzi]
God be in my head [Walford Davies]
I’m learning to read [Betty Roe]
In the garden flowers are growing [Trad.]
Komm, liebe Zither, komm [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
Llwyn Onn [Trad.]
Minnelied [Franz Schubert]
My House [Leonard Bernstein]
’Orrible Little Blue-Eyes [Betty Roe]
Sicilian River Song [Anon.]
Sweet and low [Joseph, Sir Barnby]
The Banks of Allan Water [Trad.]
The Owls [Peter Jenkyns]
The Path to the Moon [Eric Thiman]
The Sunflower [Trad.]
Wiegenlied [Wilhelm Taubert]
Windy Nights [Charles Villiers Stanford]
Aa Ola, Ola, min eigen onge! [Trad.]
A la nanita nana [Trad.]
All things are quite silent [Trad.]
Coasts of Barbary [Trad.]
Cuckoo [Trad.]
Fengyang huagu 1 and 2 [Trad.]
Green Besoms [Trad.]
Kalevalainen runosävelmä [Trad.]
Román Castillo [Trad.]
Seventeen Come Sunday [Trad.]
Stole mi se oženi [Trad.]
Sweet Nightingale [Trad.]

15 tunes that reflect the breadth and diversity of jazz, from the great African-American tradition to the vibrant and multicultural sounds of jazz today
arrangements by jazz arrangers, carefully researched and designed to accommodate teacher and pupil alike
an approach that encourages playing by ear
‘minus-one’ rhythm-section tracks and full performances recorded by top jazz musicians
written-out piano score
sections for improvised solos, with notated guideline pitches to get you started
background information including suggestions for further listening

Contents
SHEET MUSIC
Burning Torch [Don Drummond / Arthur Reid]Hug Pine (Bambelela) [William Flackton / Dudu Pukwana]Slinky Thing [Simon Whiteside]Bags’ Groove [Milt Jackson]Nobody knows the Trouble I’ve seen [Trad.]When Lights Are Low [Benny Carter]Sombrero Sam [Charles Harford Lloyd]Ja-Da [Bob Carleton]A Walkin’ Thing [Benny Carter]I’m an Old Cowhand [Johnny Mercer]Still Waters [Charles Beale]Evil Ways [Sonny Henry]An Inland Island [Pete Churchill]Dead Ranch [Bill Frisell]Contemplation [McCoy Tyner]
RECORDINGS
Burning Torch [Don Drummond / Arthur Reid]Hug Pine (Bambelela) [William Flackton / Dudu Pukwana]Slinky Thing [Simon Whiteside]Bags’ Groove [Milt Jackson]Nobody knows the Trouble I’ve seen [Trad.]When Lights Are Low [Benny Carter]Sombrero Sam [Charles Harford Lloyd]Ja-Da [Bob Carleton]A Walkin’ Thing [Benny Carter]I’m an Old Cowhand [Johnny Mercer]Still Waters [Charles Beale]Evil Ways [Sonny Henry]An Inland Island [Pete Churchill]Dead Ranch [Bill Frisell]Contemplation [McCoy Tyner]Burning Torch [Don Drummond / Arthur Reid] – accompaniment onlyHug Pine (Bambelela) [William Flackton / Dudu Pukwana] – accompaniment onlySlinky Thing [Simon Whiteside] – accompaniment onlyBags’ Groove [Milt Jackson] – accompaniment onlyNobody knows the Trouble I’ve seen [Trad.] – accompaniment onlyWhen Lights Are Low [Benny Carter] – accompaniment onlySombrero Sam [Charles Harford Lloyd] – accompaniment onlyJa-Da [Bob Carleton] – accompaniment onlyA Walkin’ Thing [Benny Carter] – accompaniment onlyI’m an Old Cowhand [Johnny Mercer] – accompaniment onlyStill Waters [Charles Beale] – accompaniment onlyEvil Ways [Sonny Henry] – accompaniment onlyAn Inland Island [Pete Churchill] – accompaniment onlyDead Ranch [Bill Frisell] – accompaniment onlyContemplation [McCoy Tyner] – accompaniment only

Pages: 72Language: EnglishPublisher: ABRSM